Definition of spheres Spheres
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Wiktionary 
- spheres (Noun)
Plural of sphere.
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| sphere - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" | ||
| domain, area, orbit, field, arena | ||
| environment the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" | ||
| distaff the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning | ||
| front the side that is seen or that goes first | ||
| realm, kingdom, land a basic group of natural objects | ||
| lap movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" | ||
| political arena, political sphere a sphere of intense political activity | ||
| preserve a reservation where animals are protected | ||
| sphere - any spherically shaped artifact | ||
| artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole | ||
| sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) | ||
| round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles | ||
| conglobation, conglomeration an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | ||
| orb, globe, ball a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | ||
| sphere - a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center | ||
| round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles | ||
| sphere - the geographical area in which one nation is very influential | ||
| sphere of influence | ||
| sphere - the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | ||
| celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin | ||
| surface the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" | ||
| apex of the sun's way, solar apex, apex the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars | ||
| celestial point a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) | ||
| nadir the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected | ||
| zenith the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected | ||
| sphere - a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in an important sector of his life" | ||
| sector | ||
| facet, aspect a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sphere (n.)
A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center. - sphere (n.)
Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth. - sphere (n.)
The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it. - sphere (n.)
In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions. - sphere (n.)
The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied. - sphere (n.)
Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence. - sphere (n.)
Rank; order of society; social positions. - sphere (n.)
An orbit, as of a star; a socket. - sphere (v. t.)
To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere. - sphere (v. t.)
To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sphere
Round three-dimensional body whose surface has at each point the same distance from the center. -
sphere
A particular environment or walk of life.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sfēr, n. a ball or globe: an orb or circle: circuit of motion: province or duty: definite range: rank, position in society: (geom.) a surface every point of which is equidistant from one and the same point, called the centre.—adjs. Sphēr′al; Sphere′less.—ns. Sphere′-met′al (Milt.), metal like that of which the celestial spheres were anciently supposed to be made; Sphere′-mū′sic, the music of the spheres.—adjs. Spher′ic, -al, pertaining to, or like, a sphere.—n. Spherical′ity.—adv. Spher′ically.—ns. Spher′icalness, Spheric′ity, state or quality of being spherical: roundness; Spher′icle, a little sphere; Spher′ics, the geometry and trigonometry of the sphere; Sphē′roid, a body or figure nearly spherical, but not quite so—a species of ellipsoid (prolate spheroid, a slightly lengthened sphere; oblate spheroid, a slightly flattened sphere).—adj. Sphēroi′dal, having the form of a spheroid.—ns. Sphēroidi′city, Sphēroid′ity, the state of being spheroidal; Sphē′romēre, one of the symmetrical segments of a radiate; Sphērom′eter, an instrument for measuring the sphericity of portions of spherical surfaces—for example, lenses; Sphē′rosid′erite, the name given to impure or earthy and frequently concretionary varieties of carbonate of iron.—adj. Spher′ūlar.—ns. Spher′ūle, a little sphere; Spher′ūlite, a radiating spherical group of minute acicular crystals common in silicious volcanic rocks.—adjs. Spherūlit′ic; Sphē′ry, spherical, round: belonging to the celestial spheres. [Fr.,—L. sphæra—Gr. sphaira.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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sphere
The figure formed by the rotation of a circle. A term singularly, but very often, misapplied in parlance for orbit.
Wikipedia 
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A sphere is a shape in space that is like the surface of a ball, usually the terms ball and sphere are used alike, but in math, the precise (exact) definition only allows points in the 3 dimensional space which are uniformly and symmetrically allocated at a fixed length called radius of the sphere.
Examples of these are basketballs, superballs, and playground balls.
In other places sphere means the earth.
a sphere is the 3 dimensional analogue of a circle.
